Transforming Monsters: How the literature of terror still speaks to us today- evening talk

In 1974, Angela Carter, the ‘high sorceress’ of English literature, declared: “We live in gothic times”.

Each decade since, Gothic academics and social commentators alike have continued to find validity in this statement. But what is contemporary Gothic?

By looking at key texts. Changing definitions and transforming monsters, this talk will explore why we still need spaces to indulge our darkest fears. It will consider how, over 300 years since its inception, the Gothic continues to provide a mode through which we can consider ongoing social and cultural anxieties, and how the past continues to haunt the present.

You may also like the following events from North Hertfordshire Museum:

• This Saturday, 15th November, 11:00 am, Festive 3D Greetings Card Adult Workshop in Hitchin
• Next Friday, 21st November, 10:45 am, Robin - Acrylic Ink Workshop in Hitchin
• Next Friday, 21st November, 12:00 pm, Darkness from light: the origins of Gothic literature- lunchtime talk in Hitchin

Also check out other Arts events in Hitchin, Literary Art events in Hitchin.